John Darrington <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis:

> It sounds like a usefull capability.
>
> But presumably it depends on your localhost having a TCP/IP stack
> and a http server installed.

You need an OS with a TCP/IP stack, but ‘guix publish’ is the web server
(it uses the web server that is part of Guile.)

> It would be better if it could just use a socket or even just the filesystem.

It’s meant as a way to download sources remotely, so HTTP seems well
suited, especially since it usually passes firewalls.

Ludo’.

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